Ten Post is a village in the Dutch province of

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

. It is part of the municipality of

. The village is located along the Damsterdiep and about from Groningen.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1380 as Tenpost, and means "at the simple bridge". Around 1425, the , a canal from Groningen to Delfzijl, was dug, and Ten Post started to developed at the intersection of the canal and the road from Stedum to . There used to be three '' borgs'' (castles) near Ten Post: Tuwinga, Oldenhuis and Tamminghahuizen. Oldenhuis was built in the mid-14th century and Tuwinga was built nearby in the early 15th century. The owners of the two ''borgs'' did not get along and feuded over the ownership of the road along their castles. On several occasions, it escalated into an armed conflict. In 1631, Oldenhuis was bought by Edzard Rengers, the owner of Tuwinga. Oldenhuis was neglected, and demolished in 1715. Tuwinga lasted until 1788. The

Reformed Church Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Cal ...

was the first church constructed in Ten Post in 1845, and was rebuilt in 1870. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1870 as a simple building with a ridge turret. The

grist mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

Olle Widde (Old White) was built in or before 1812. In 1922, an electro motor was installed. The wind mill remained in operation until around 1967. In 1977, it was sold and restored, however the owner also ran a second-hand car dealership near the wind mill. By 1989, it had deteriorated and was locked into place. In 2009, it was sold to Koning who wanted to open a restaurant near the mill, and in 2011, Olle Widde was back in operation. Ten Post was home to 228 people in 1840. Around 1935, a vertical-lift bridge over the Damsterdiep. Ten post used to part of the municipality of

Ten Boer Ten Boer () is a village and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen. The municipality had a population of in ; the village of Ten Boer has approximately 4,600 inhabitants. In 2019, it was merged into mu ...

until 2019 when it was merged into

Gallery

File:Ten Post, korenmolen De Olle Widde RM9787 IMG 9046 2019-04-07 12.21.jpg, Wind mill De Olle Widde File:Ten Post - Rijksweg 213.jpg, Former shop File:Ten Post - voormalige hervormde kerk.jpg, Former Dutch Reformed church File:Oldenhuis.png, Drawing of Borg Oldenhuis (17th century)

References

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* {{Authority control Populated places in Groningen (province) Groningen (city)